That, in short, his speech was useless—
Verba et præterea nihil.
Whereupon the Speaker vanished,
And the House broke up its sitting.
Truth, February 15, 1877.
THE SONG OF PAHTAHQUAHONG.
"The REV. HENRY PAHTAHQUAHONG CHASE, hereditary Chief of the Ojibway tribe, President of the Grand Council of Indians, and missionary of the Colonial and Continental Church Society at Muncey Town, Ontario, Canada, has just arrived in England, on a short visit."—The Standard.
STRAIGHT across the Big-Sea-Water,
From the Portals of the Sunset,